Spatial benthic community analysis of shallow coral reefs to support coastal management in Culebra Island, Puerto Rico

Caribbean coral reefs provide essential ecosystem services to society, including fisheries, tourism and shoreline protection from coastal erosion. However, these reefs are also exhibiting major declining trends, leading to the evolution of novel ecosystems dominated by non-reef building taxa, with p...

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Main Authors: Nicolás X. Gómez-Andújar, Edwin A. Hernandez-Delgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-10-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/10080.pdf